diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 14c1e6d..5228b17 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -4,3 +4,6 @@
 [submodule "libs/imgui"]
 	path = libs/imgui
 	url = git@github.com:ocornut/imgui.git
+[submodule "libs/stb"]
+	path = libs/stb
+	url = https://github.com/nothings/stb
diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index d466b68..c424f2a 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -6,20 +6,21 @@ mkdir -p build
 SOURCE="src/main.cpp"
 NAME="boids.html"
 VERSION="00"
-CONFIG="-DSHOW_UI=0"
+CONFIG="-DNO_CONTROL_PANEL"
 
 
 # files
 SET_FRONTEND_TEMPLATE="--shell-file site/index.html"
 FILES="${FILES} --preload-file src/view/shaders/boids.vertex.glsl"
 FILES="${FILES} --preload-file src/view/shaders/boids.fragment.glsl"
+FILES="${FILES} --preload-file res/texture.jpeg"
 
 # includes and libs
-INCS="${INCS} -I libs/base -I libs/glad -I libs/imgui"
-LIBS="-lm -lGL -lpthread -lglfw -L libs/imgui/ -limgui"
+INCS="-I libs/glad -I libs/imgui  -I libs/base  -I libs/stb"
+LIBS="-L ./libs/archives -lm -lGL -lpthread -lglfw -limgui -lstb"
 
 # flags
-EMFLAGS="-s USE_GLFW=3 -s FULL_ES3=1 -s USE_WEBGL2=1 -DPLATFORM_WEB"
+EMFLAGS="-s USE_GLFW=3 -s FULL_ES3=1 -s USE_WEBGL2=1 -DPLATFORM_WEB -s MAXIMUM_MEMORY=1GB -s ALLOW_MEMORY_GROWTH"
 CPPFLAGS="${CPPFLAGS} -D_DEFAULT_SOURCE -D_BSD_SOURCE -D_POSIX_C_SOURCE=2 -DVERSION=\"${VERSION}\""
 CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} -g -Wall -Wno-deprecated-declarations -Wno-write-strings -Wno-writable-strings -Wno-unused-function -O3 ${INCS} ${CPPFLAGS}"
 
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ CC="em++"
 
 # building
 echo "[build.sh]# building $NAME"
-echo ${CC} $CFLAGS ${EMFLAGS} ${FILES} -o "build/$NAME" $SOURCE $LIBS $SET_FRONTEND_TEMPLATE
-${CC} $CFLAGS ${EMFLAGS} ${FILES} -o "build/$NAME" $SOURCE $LIBS $SET_FRONTEND_TEMPLATE
+echo ${CC} $CFLAGS ${EMFLAGS} ${FILES} ${CONFIG} -o "build/$NAME" $SOURCE $LIBS $SET_FRONTEND_TEMPLATE
+${CC} $CFLAGS ${EMFLAGS} ${FILES} ${CONFIG} -o "build/$NAME" $SOURCE $LIBS $SET_FRONTEND_TEMPLATE
 echo "[build.sh]# finished building"
 
diff --git a/libs/.gitignore b/libs/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a565f01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+archives/
diff --git a/libs/build.sh b/libs/build.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..f9c2492
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+ARCHIVE_DIR="archives"
+mkdir -p $ARCHIVE_DIR
+
+IMGUI_DIR="imgui"
+IMGUI_CXX=emcc
+IMGUI_CXXFLAGS="-Wall -I. -Ibackends"
+IMGUI_SOURCES=("imgui.cpp" "imgui_draw.cpp" "imgui_widgets.cpp" "imgui_tables.cpp" "backends/imgui_impl_glfw.cpp" "backends/imgui_impl_opengl3.cpp")
+
+STB_DIR="stb"
+STB_CXX=emcc
+STB_CXXFLAGS="-Wall -I."
+STB_SOURCES=("stb_image.cpp")
+
+
+build() {
+    local DIR=$1
+    local CXX=$2
+    local CXXFLAGS=$3
+    shift 3
+    local SOURCES=("$@")
+
+    cd $DIR || exit 1
+
+    OBJECTS=()
+    LIBRARY="lib${DIR}.a"
+
+    echo "building $LIBRARY... "
+
+    for src in "${SOURCES[@]}"; do
+	    OBJECTS+=("${src%.cpp}.o")
+    done
+
+    for src in "${SOURCES[@]}"; do
+	    $CXX $CXXFLAGS -c $src -o "${src%.cpp}.o"
+    done
+
+
+    ar rcs "../$ARCHIVE_DIR/$LIBRARY" "${OBJECTS[@]}"
+
+    rm -f "${OBJECTS[@]}"
+
+    cd .. || exit 1
+}
+
+case "$1" in
+    all)
+        build $IMGUI_DIR $IMGUI_CXX "$IMGUI_CXXFLAGS" "${IMGUI_SOURCES[@]}"
+
+        echo '#define STB_IMAGE_IMPLEMENTATION' > "$STB_DIR/stb_image.cpp"
+        echo '#include "stb_image.h"' >> "$STB_DIR/stb_image.cpp"
+        build $STB_DIR $STB_CXX "$STB_CXXFLAGS" "${STB_SOURCES[@]}"
+	rm -f "$STB_DIR/stb_image.cpp"
+        ;;
+    clean)
+	echo "cleaning..."
+	rm -rf $ARCHIVE_DIR
+        ;;
+    *)
+        echo "Usage: $0 {all|clean}"
+        exit 1
+        ;;
+esac
+
diff --git a/libs/buildlibs.sh b/libs/buildlibs.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index c24cb20..0000000
--- a/libs/buildlibs.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-
-cd imgui/
-
-CXX=g++
-EMCXX=emcc
-CXXFLAGS="-Wall"
-EMCXXFLAGS="-Wall -I. -Ibackends"
-
-SOURCES=("imgui.cpp" "imgui_draw.cpp" "imgui_widgets.cpp" "imgui_tables.cpp" "backends/imgui_impl_glfw.cpp" "backends/imgui_impl_opengl3.cpp")
-OBJECTS=()
-EM_OBJECTS=()
-EM_LIBRARY="libimgui.a"
-
-for src in "${SOURCES[@]}"; do
-    OBJECTS+=("${src%.cpp}.o")
-    EM_OBJECTS+=("${src%.cpp}.em.o")
-done
-
-build_all() {
-    build_em_library
-}
-
-build_em_library() {
-    for src in "${SOURCES[@]}"; do
-        emcc $EMCXXFLAGS -c $src -o "${src%.cpp}.em.o"
-    done
-    emcc -r "${EM_OBJECTS[@]}" -o $EM_LIBRARY
-}
-
-clean() {
-    rm -f "${OBJECTS[@]}" "${EM_OBJECTS[@]}" $EM_LIBRARY
-}
-
-case "$1" in
-    all)
-        build_all
-        ;;
-    clean)
-        clean
-        ;;
-    *)
-        echo "Usage: $0 {all|clean}"
-        exit 1
-        ;;
-esac
-
diff --git a/libs/imgui b/libs/imgui
index 7237d3e..a18f020 160000
--- a/libs/imgui
+++ b/libs/imgui
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 7237d3e5c3a6b837b7b457460877cf5eea8c3745
+Subproject commit a18f02007234edbcf1082abf679f5db6623a38a9
diff --git a/libs/stb b/libs/stb
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..f75e8d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/stb
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit f75e8d1cad7d90d72ef7a4661f1b994ef78b4e31
diff --git a/res/texture.jpeg b/res/texture.jpeg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c76b468
Binary files /dev/null and b/res/texture.jpeg differ
diff --git a/src/boids.cpp b/src/boids.cpp
index 03d34e6..25be5af 100644
--- a/src/boids.cpp
+++ b/src/boids.cpp
@@ -130,9 +130,6 @@ update_boid(BoidsApplication *app, Boid *b) {
 
 internal void
 update_boids(BoidsApplication *app) {
-	// TODO(Elias): use a swap buffer
-	// TODO(Elias): make this parallel
-#pragma omp for parallel
 	for (int32 i = 0; i < app->n; ++i) {
 		update_boid(app, &(app->bs[i]));
 	}
@@ -144,21 +141,20 @@ init_boid(Boid *b, Param *p) {
 	b->pos.y = rand() % window_height;
 	b->vel.x = (rand() % 100 - 50) / 50.0f;
 	b->vel.y = (rand() % 100 - 50) / 50.0f;
-	printf("b->vel.x: %f, b->vel.y: %f\n", b->vel.x, b->vel.y);
 }
 
 internal void
 init_boids_app(BoidsApplication *app) {
 	Param *p = &app->p;
-	app->n = 800;
+	app->n = 2000;
 	p->r = 50;
-	p->theta_max = 3.14 / 4;
+	p->theta_max = 3.14 / 5;
 	p->c = 0.01;
 	p->s_r = 10;
 	p->s = 0.1;
 	p->a = 0.1;
 	p->max_vel = 10.0;
-	p->size = 1.0f;
+	p->size = 2.0f;
 
 	app->bs = (Boid *)calloc(MAX_BOIDS, sizeof(Boid));
 	for (int32 i = 0; i < MAX_BOIDS; ++i) {
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index edcd809..fc2bf7a 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include <imgui.h>
 #include <backends/imgui_impl_glfw.h>
 #include <backends/imgui_impl_opengl3.h>
+#include <stb_image.h>
 
 #define ENABLE_ASSERT 1
 #define ENABLE_DEBUGLOG 1
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@
 #include "boids.cpp"
 
 #include "view/shaders.cpp"
+#include "view/textures.cpp"
 #include "view/rendering.cpp"
 
 // TODO(Elias): !!!! Let boids be influenced by music !!!!
@@ -62,7 +64,7 @@ frame() {
 	Process *p = &PROCESS;
 	float64 start_time = glfwGetTime();
 
-	glClearColor(0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f);
+	glClearColor(1.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f);
 	glClear(GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT);
 
 	glfwPollEvents();
@@ -71,9 +73,7 @@ frame() {
 	update_boids(&p->boids_app);
 	render(&p->gpu, &p->boids_app);
 
-#if SHOW_UI
 	imgui_frame(p);
-#endif
 
 	glfwSwapBuffers(p->ctx.window);
 
diff --git a/src/view/imgui.cpp b/src/view/imgui.cpp
index 82933d2..54fd5d6 100644
--- a/src/view/imgui.cpp
+++ b/src/view/imgui.cpp
@@ -20,13 +20,16 @@ imgui_frame(Process *p) {
 	ImGui_ImplGlfw_NewFrame();
 	ImGui::NewFrame();
 
-	ImGui::SetNextWindowSize(ImVec2(500, 300));
-	ImGui::Begin("Controls", NULL, ImGuiWindowFlags_NoResize | ImGuiWindowFlags_NoCollapse);
-	ImGui::Text("Process Information");
+	uint32 margin = 10;
+	ImGui::SetNextWindowSize(ImVec2(300, 50));
+	ImGui::SetNextWindowPos(ImVec2(window_width - 300 - margin,
+				       window_height - 50 - margin));
+	ImGui::Begin("Process Information", NULL, ImGuiWindowFlags_NoResize | ImGuiWindowFlags_NoCollapse);
 	ImGui::Text("Frame Time: %.3f ms | FPS: %.1f",
 		    p->ctx.frame_time * 1000.0f, p->ctx.fps);
-	ImGui::Separator();
-	ImGui::Text("Boids controls");
+	ImGui::End();
+#ifndef NO_CONTROL_PANEL
+	ImGui::Begin("Controls", NULL, ImGuiWindowFlags_NoCollapse);
 	ImGui::SliderInt("Number of Boids", &p->boids_app.n, 0, MAX_BOIDS);
 	ImGui::SliderFloat("Cohesion", &p->boids_app.p.c, 0.0f, 1.0f);
 	ImGui::SliderFloat("Separation", &p->boids_app.p.s, 0.0f, 1.0f);
@@ -37,6 +40,7 @@ imgui_frame(Process *p) {
 	ImGui::SliderFloat("Max Velocity", &p->boids_app.p.max_vel, 1.0f, 20.0f);
 	ImGui::SliderFloat("Point Size", &p->boids_app.p.size, 1.0f, 10.0f);
 	ImGui::End();
+#endif
 
 	ImGui::Render();
 	ImGui_ImplOpenGL3_RenderDrawData(ImGui::GetDrawData());
diff --git a/src/view/rendering.cpp b/src/view/rendering.cpp
index d66631d..9ce61e0 100644
--- a/src/view/rendering.cpp
+++ b/src/view/rendering.cpp
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ struct gpu_context_t {
 	uint32 boids_program;
 	uint32 boids_vao_id;
 	uint32 boids_vbo_id;
+	Texture tex;
 };
 
 internal bool
@@ -16,28 +17,34 @@ gpu_init(GpuContext *gpu) {
 		print_error("Failed to load boids shader program");
 		return false;
 	}
+
+	if (!load_texture("res/texture.jpeg", &gpu->tex)) {
+		print_error("failed to load texture");
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	glUseProgram(gpu->boids_program);
+	glUniform1i(glGetUniformLocation(gpu->boids_program, "tex"), 0);
+
 	glGenVertexArrays(1, &gpu->boids_vao_id);
 	glGenBuffers(1, &gpu->boids_vbo_id);
+
 	return is_success;
 }
 
 internal void
 gpu_die(GpuContext *gpu) {
+	texture_die(&gpu->tex);
+	glDeleteBuffers(1, &gpu->boids_vbo_id);
+	glDeleteVertexArrays(1, &gpu->boids_vao_id);
 	glprogram_die(gpu->boids_program);
 }
 
-internal void
-push_data_to_gpu() {
-}
-
 internal void
 render(GpuContext *gpu, BoidsApplication *app) {
-	GLint u_window_width = glGetUniformLocation(gpu->boids_program,
-						    "u_window_width");
-	GLint u_window_height = glGetUniformLocation(gpu->boids_program,
-						     "u_window_height");
-	GLint u_point_size = glGetUniformLocation(gpu->boids_program,
-						  "u_point_size");
+	GLint u_window_width  = glGetUniformLocation(gpu->boids_program, "u_window_width" );
+	GLint u_window_height = glGetUniformLocation(gpu->boids_program, "u_window_height");
+	GLint u_point_size    = glGetUniformLocation(gpu->boids_program, "u_point_size"   );
 
 	glBindVertexArray(gpu->boids_vao_id);
 	glBindBuffer(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, gpu->boids_vbo_id);
@@ -50,6 +57,7 @@ render(GpuContext *gpu, BoidsApplication *app) {
 	glEnableVertexAttribArray(1);
 
 	glUseProgram(gpu->boids_program);
+	use_texture(&gpu->tex, 0);
 	glUniform1f(u_window_width, window_width);
 	glUniform1f(u_window_height, window_height);
 	glUniform1f(u_point_size, app->p.size);
diff --git a/src/view/shaders/boids.fragment.glsl b/src/view/shaders/boids.fragment.glsl
index 6b1a8a4..3b7961d 100644
--- a/src/view/shaders/boids.fragment.glsl
+++ b/src/view/shaders/boids.fragment.glsl
@@ -2,13 +2,17 @@
 precision mediump float;
 
 in vec2 v_vel;
+in vec2 v_uv;
+
 out vec4 out_color;
 
+uniform sampler2D tex;
+
 void main() {
     float hue = (atan(v_vel.y, v_vel.x) + 3.14159265359) / (2.0 * 3.14159265359);
     float r = abs(hue * 6.0 - 3.0) - 1.0;
     float g = 2.0 - abs(hue * 6.0 - 2.0);
     float b = 2.0 - abs(hue * 6.0 - 4.0);
 
-    out_color = vec4(r, g, b, 1.0);
+    out_color = mix(texture(tex, v_uv), vec4(r, g, b, 1.0), 0.0);
 }
diff --git a/src/view/shaders/boids.vertex.glsl b/src/view/shaders/boids.vertex.glsl
index 3b1d467..1fe0749 100644
--- a/src/view/shaders/boids.vertex.glsl
+++ b/src/view/shaders/boids.vertex.glsl
@@ -9,11 +9,13 @@ uniform float u_window_height;
 uniform float u_point_size;
 
 out vec2 v_vel;
+out vec2 v_uv;
 
 void main() {
 	gl_PointSize = u_point_size;
-        float x = (a_position.x / u_window_width) * 2.0 - 1.0;
-        float y = (a_position.y / u_window_height) * 2.0 - 1.0;
-        gl_Position = vec4(x, -y, 0.0, 1.0);
+  float x = (a_position.x / u_window_width) * 2.0 - 1.0;
+  float y = (a_position.y / u_window_height) * 2.0 - 1.0;
+  gl_Position = vec4(x, -y, 0.0, 1.0);
+  v_uv = a_position / vec2(u_window_width, u_window_height);
 	v_vel = a_vel;
 }
diff --git a/src/view/textures.cpp b/src/view/textures.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1fade83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/view/textures.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+
+struct Texture {
+	uint32 id;
+	uint32 w, h, c;
+};
+
+internal bool32
+load_texture_param(char *path, Texture *texture, int32 wrap_s, int32 wrap_t,
+		     int32 min_filter, int32 mag_filter) {
+	uint32 t;
+	glGenTextures(1, &t);
+	glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, t);
+
+	glTexParameteri(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_WRAP_S, wrap_s);
+	glTexParameteri(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_WRAP_T, wrap_t);
+	glTexParameteri(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_MIN_FILTER, min_filter);
+	glTexParameteri(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_MAG_FILTER, mag_filter);
+
+	int32 w, h, c;
+	uint8 *data = stbi_load(path, &w, &h, &c, 0);
+	if (!data) {
+		print_error("failed to load texture");
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	switch (c) {
+	case 3: {
+		glTexImage2D(GL_TEXTURE_2D, 0, GL_RGB, w, h, 0, GL_RGB, GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE, data);
+	} break;
+	case 4: {
+		glTexImage2D(GL_TEXTURE_2D, 0, GL_RGBA, w, h, 0, GL_RGBA, GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE, data);
+	} break;
+	case 1: {
+		glTexImage2D(GL_TEXTURE_2D, 0, GL_RED, w, h, 0, GL_RED, GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE, data);
+	} break;
+	default: {
+		print_error("unsupported number of channels");
+		return false;
+	} break;
+	}
+
+	glGenerateMipmap(GL_TEXTURE_2D);
+
+	stbi_image_free(data);
+
+	texture->id = t;
+	texture->w = w;
+	texture->h = h;
+	texture->c = c;
+	return true;
+}
+
+#define TEXTURE_DEFAULT_WRAP_S		GL_REPEAT
+#define TEXTURE_DEFAULT_WRAP_T		GL_REPEAT
+#define TEXTURE_DEFAULT_MIN_FILTER	GL_LINEAR
+#define TEXTURE_DEFAULT_MAG_FILTER	GL_LINEAR
+
+internal bool32
+load_texture(char *path, Texture *texture)
+{
+	return load_texture_param(path, texture,
+				  TEXTURE_DEFAULT_WRAP_S,
+				  TEXTURE_DEFAULT_WRAP_T,
+				  TEXTURE_DEFAULT_MIN_FILTER,
+				  TEXTURE_DEFAULT_MAG_FILTER);
+}
+
+
+internal void
+use_texture(Texture *texture, uint32 slot)
+{
+	glActiveTexture(GL_TEXTURE0 + slot);
+	glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, texture->id);
+}
+
+internal void
+texture_die(Texture *texture)
+{
+	glDeleteTextures(1, &texture->id);
+}
+